FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
PRUNUS AMERICANA Rosaceae, AMERICAN PLUM, AUGUST PLUM, GOOSE PLUM, HOG PLUM, RED PLUM, SLOE, YELLOW PLUM
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a plant of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. This plum is cultivated for its fruit and has a number of varieties. It was, says Pickering, from early times planted by the New England Indians. During the ripening of the fruit, the western Indians live sumptuously and collect quantities for drying.
